This document provides guidance on finding and evaluating information from the world wide web for a university course. It discusses the different types of information available on the web, such as background information, facts, news and opinion. It also describes the main types of search tools for the web - subject directories that are maintained by experts and indexes created by search engines. The document gives tips for searching these tools and evaluating the credibility and reliability of web information found. It concludes with information on citing web sources.

1. Finding Information for CLB403 Using the WWW Irene Ryan October 2004 Library

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18. Evaluating Internet material … ..Star Tobacco and Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1990 for the purpose of commercializing improved tobacco products. No personal author No references for “Facts” given So, who is “Star” ??

19. Evaluating Internet material No clear statement of author URL shows that the document is on the The World Health Org’s server but this is not enough to confirm the authority of the information ? No reference list of sources of statistics No dates - original or revisions

20. Evaluating Internet material .edu in domain Revision / update date provided Original publication date provided Contact details given